{"product_id":"9780977869671","title":"and Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAllen Ruppersberg (born 1944) is among the first generation of American conceptual artists. \u003ci\u003eAllen Ruppersberg: and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e presents a wide array of the artist’s text-based works from the late 1960s through to his most recent projects. A companion volume to \u003ci\u003eAllen Ruppersberg Drawing\u003c\/i\u003e, it gathers writings (and visual works containing writing) from series and projects such as \u003ci\u003eAl’s Café\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom the South Forty to the Bunkhouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGreat Acts of the Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Mot Juste\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFree Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObits\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStudies\u003c\/i\u003e, and excerpts from \u003ci\u003eThe Novel that Writes Itself\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGreat Speckled Bird\u003c\/i\u003e. In his introduction to the book, poet Bill Berkson writes: “Ruppersberg’s co-exemplars are John Baldessari and Ed Ruscha … Because they are visual artists first, they present language foremost as image—color, shape, light and scale being conditioned often enough by lettering, the quality of handwriting or font, or the format of a book. The upshot is a blithe alchemical switch of sign into symbol.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christine Burgin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029338767600,"sku":"9780977869671","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780977869671_p0.jpg?v=1763874339","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780977869671","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}